Car-wheel shoe.



concern@` 'Be it known that1I,-"ALoNzo HARRIS, .a citi# ofthe "United"States, residin'g at Matfftoon, county of Goles', and State of. Illinois,

hive"=invented certainnew and useful Irnj rovements in Car-Wheel Shoes, of which the llowing is afs 'ecifics'itionl A r y The object o this invention is to provide a V "'slidable shoeadaptedfor thetrans 'ortation of cars" 'crippled byl'broken wheelanges lor loose wheels or otherwise''unfit -to be meved V- along :ontheir own wheels; and theobject of the invention is .to provide a shoe which can be slid along the track through-a ,frog or switch or around any curve andrwhich will support and retain -thewheel in itstransportation to thc shops for the purpose vof repair or otherwise.

The shoe is intended to receive and lift the wheel bodily ofi the track-surface, so that the car willv be transported without the turn in of the wheel. gl`he shoe is so arranged that the wheel can l be positioned in place and held therein with,-

out the necessity for providing chains, rods, -or other attaching means, which greatly facilitates the operation of transporting cars by means ofthe device of the present invention. 'The invention consists in the features of constructionand combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an inside ele-l vation of the shoe, showing the wheel mount.

. ed thereon; Fig. 2,' a top or plan view of the shoe, and Fig. 3 across-sectional view of the The shoe is of elongated formation, prov vided at its forward end with an elevation or an inclined or sloping face 7. -`The shoe throughout its entire length is provided along its inner edge with a groove 8, which conforms to the shape of the shoe and is of a suit-able size to receive the flange 9 of a carwheel 10. The shoe is of suflicient widthlto l' t e. f'

entirely cover the top of a rail, allowing grooved portion to inwardly extend from the tecmeeorpfLefterarint.'- 'iiicaiiqn sied Juneiaioe. serait. 321,867.

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I* rail, and theushoe is provided witha pair of rflanges 11, adapted to abut against the inner edgeof the rail-head, which'fianges are of substantiallythe saine thickness as Athe carwheel fla e, which allows them` to travel throughal frogs or switches whichareof a suitable size to l permit the passage oi a carwheel.y y

In addition to the inner flanges` 1 1 an outer flange 12 isprovided, which'is located near the forward end of the shoe on the outer `side thereof and is "adaptedto abut against the outer face of the car-wheel, and this" arrangement of flanges and in combinationv with the innerside groove-8 serves to ,lock or hold the vshoe on therail whenthe car-wheel isrolled thereon, so that the shoe cannot be displaced under any circumstances.

In use the car-wheel is rolled or lifted onto the shoe until it abuts against the' curved inner face, after which the car niay'be pulled along by the engine, and the shoe will slide or slip along therail during the progress of the car to the repair-shops. The elevation of the forward end of the shoe is.sufficient to prevent the wheel from rolling up and over the shoe,"and the shoe is prevented from being inwardly displaced from the rail by the contact of the outer flange 12 against the car-wheel, and the contact of the wheelflange 9 against the wall of the side groove 8 likewise prevents the outward displacement of the shoe which is positioned onthe rail by the contact of the lnner ianges 11 against the inner side of the rail-head. This: ar-

rangement obviates the necessity for provid-- ing any means for securing the wheel lnvposition on the track, and the length of the shoe 1s suflcient to prevent its easily wearing out .b friction, since the weight of the wheels is distributed over a considerable distance.

p The device as aowhole is of extreme 'siniplicity and corresponding durability, whicl,

1nl addition to the ease with which it can be used, renders it intended.

WhatI regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f v 1. A shoe of the class described, having an elevated forward end having the contour of its inner face coincident with thel curvature fe'fa car-wheel to receive and closely embrace 'the tread of al,car-wheel, and having at its peculiarly fit for the purpose IOO rear end an inclined portion for permitting f outer face o the mounting vtl'aereonof subatantially-as described, f 2. Ashoe o he class described, having an elevated forward end havinglthe 'oontour of its inner face coincident-Wit the curvature of a car-.wheel t'o receive and'closfely embrace thetreadof a Vcar-Wheel, and' having at -its` rear end; an. inclined portion for permitting theiimounting thereon of-a car-Wheel, an provided alon its innerv outer edgewith a groove adapte to receive-the. iange of a carwheel, Substantially as described..

v 3., A shoeof he class described, having an elevated'forward end havi the contour of its inner face coincident of a carfwheel to receive and closely embrace thetread ofa car-wheel, and having atits rear end an inclined portion for. permittin Vthemounting thereon of a car-Wheel, nan

provided-'along its inner upperedge With a groove adapted to receive' the flange of a carfwheel', `and provided on. its outer edge withja flan e'adapted to abut against the scribed.` s

4. Ashoe ofthe class'described, having an elevated'forward .end having the contourof its inner face coincident with the curvature the curvature'- a car-Wheel, substantially as del of a car-Wheel toreo eive andclosely embrace the tread of a' car-Wheel, and having at its rear end an inclined portion 'for permittin the' mounting thereon of a car-wheel, an

providedalongi its inner .u per edge with a groove adapte .to receive t e `langeoii' a car- 'WheeL .and provided on its'r outer jedge with a iiange adapted to abut against the outer .face of'a car-wheel, and provided on its inner lower edge only with a flange adapted to abut against the inner side face of a rail-head' in an inclined portion -a apted to 4elevate a' car-wheel, a groove along the inner upperl edgeadapted to receive the. ange of a carwheel, and a dependin flange adapted to' bear against the inner si e face'of a rail-head,

substantially as described.-

- ALoNZo HARRIS.

Witnesses; l

EDWARD O Ceara JAMES W CRAIG, r. 

